If you read my previous post – Cranberry Bread – you know I love cranberries with orange. Therefore it shouldn’t be surprising to see that my cranberry sauce is a lot of cranberries with a touch of orange.

Several years ago I tried a Triple Cranberry Sauce that used orange marmalade, orange juice, and orange zest. It was good, but TOO much orange in the sense that it competed with the cranberries. So with that recipe as inspiration, I started experimenting to come up with the perfect cranberry sauce for my and Bobby’s palettes. Well, here it is.

This cranberry sauce is tart and sweet with a little orange zest for the hint of orange I like so much. You get bites of whole berries from both the fresh berries and the dried berries. Like all cranberry sauces it does need to be made and refrigerated the night before so it can set up; however, this sauce doesn’t create a firm gel – it’s more of a whole berry sauce which is the way we like it.

Triple Cranberry Sauce Recipe

Recipe Author: MJ of MJ’s Kitchen

Yields about 3 to 4 cups
Prep and cook time: 20 to 25 minutes
Needs to sit in the refrigerator overnight

46 Responses to “Triple Cranberry Sauce”

Fresh and festive. I love it! If I may, I’d like to invite you to submit your photos to the new YumGoggle, a photo sharing site with the philosophy that if you worked hard to cook it and photograph it, we should show it off! Hope to see you there soon! http://www.yumgoggle.com/gallery/

Cornbread dressing and cranberry sauce! That sounds so good and I don’t think I’ve ever had this combination. I’m so craving homemade cranberry sauce now and if no one else makes this for the two Thanksgiving meals this year, then I’m making it! Thanks so much for sharing, MJ – and it’s the perfect side at any table…

Hi MJ,
We just love homemade Cranberry Sauce and your recipe looks delicious, we would really enjoy it. Thanks so much for stopping by to visit and hope you will come back soon! Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!
Miz Helen

Cranberry and orange is one of my favorite combos, too. I’m more of a cranberry relish sort, but I do enjoy homemade cranberry sauce from time to time, too. I’ve been thinking about making some for Christmas, and yours looks terrific. Thanks!

Look at all the cranberries!!! Just thinking about bitting into it while pairing it with turkey.. or even just with chicken!! Such a vibrant colour. 😉 adding fruits to my diet in this festive season is encouraged! hahah.

Still no sign of cranberries (fresh) in our shops! Booooo Maybe they decided that the French aren’t worthy of any this year Still – I have some dried ones and I can always buy the juice! Not quite enough for sauce making purposes though

Great combination to use some orange with the cranberries. I love cranberries and even eat this kind of sauce with rice and curry (like a chutney).

PS.. to answer your question regarding swapping out oyster sauce for fish sauce… I’m not entirely sure. The fish sauce is very salty so it may fight with the soy sauce. The oyster sauce is not “fishy” like fish sauce, nor is it as salty. I personally think it really does give the best flavor for the brown sauce. I would highly recommend purchasing a small bottle and giving it a try. I think it’s a great component in stir fries and you will use it up.

Mom always made her fresh cranberry sauce starting with cranberries simmered in orange juice.I think she may have used a small amount of brown sugar too, but not so much that it tasted outright sweet, just enough for a little balance. I never figured out what else she used in it- probably one or two spices- cinnamon or clove probably. So much better than the can full of purplish goo from the supermarket!

MJ…I love the combo of cranberries and orange. The first time I made a Thanksgiving dinner by myself, I served a home made cranberry sauce in hollowed out orange cups. But actually, I like cranberries all year round. I eat lots of turkey sandwiches for my lunches and I love to spread on cranberry sauce instead of mayo. This just looks divine! : )

HAHA when I saw this in my google reader I was like “triple cranberry??? Dried cranberries…fresh cranberries…what on earth could the last be?” Duh, cranberry juice! hahaha It’s been a long day. Great cranberry sauce recipe…orange is a must!

I made cranberry sauce for the first time at Thanksgiving this year. It wasn’t too bad, wish I had this recipe I really like the orange zest addition. Thanks for that idea I will make this again at Christmas. I have tons of oranges that are starting to ripen now for the zest. Have a great weekend.

What an interesting idea to use a combination of fresh and dried cranberries and I bet the cloves come through beautifully in this recipe as well. I enjoyed your favourite uses list – what a great idea to share this.

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